Improved bed-bottom



y din-iisd guette i ABEL MyArvso'N, or BLoe-KvILLEQ-NEW YORK.

Letters Pateat'No. 92,074, d ated'Jnne 29, `1:869. I

IMPRovED snp-BOTTOM.

l The. Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and niaking part of same.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABELMeTSON, of Bloekville, in` the county of Chautauqua, audio theState of Nav York, haveiinvented certain tew and useful ,Improve-' ments in' Bed-Bottom, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,andrlexact description thereof, reference being had Vto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference Vmarked thereon, making a partof this specification.

r1 he nature of my invention consists nrthe'eom struction of a bed-bottom, and in the arrangi'ement of the devices hereafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my bed. l

Figure 2 is a :section view of the same.

Figure 3 is a section view of the same, taken from another point.

. Letter A represents Vthe bed-frame to which my bottom is attached.

This bottom is divided into two separate parts; the one, B, used to elevate th head, or the whole body can be raised to a sittingposition; while the parts C are used to move the body from one side to the other, and are independent of each other. g

Supported upon the two hangers D, one at each .end of the frame, is the bar E, to which the two parts C are hinged, and upon which the principal portion of the ,weight falls.

The parts lpwhich elevate the head, are hinged to the parts C, and :as the supporting-bars F, which pass along under the edge of the parts O, pass also under the head-piece B, whenever' the side-pieces are elevated the head-piecesv are raised also. Y But while the headpiece's are raised, the side-pieces cannot be raised. ,f

`Secured to the lower ends of the hanging-pieces D,

is theshaft G, by means of which the diffrent 'por-v tions -of 'the bed are raised and lowered.

- Upon the lendof this shaft therepis placed a small wheel,` H, which gears in a'second, K, to which a -crankis attached.

which is used to raisethe head-pieces B. l

` To the lower end of vthis lever there is attacheda. cord and hook, so as to secure it to the shaftG. Hanging down from the bar E, and pivoted to it, isV a tilting lever', M, which extends entirely across the bed, and is used to raise the side-pieces C.

riveted. to ,the barn, there lis a Sloadfiever, L,

To each end of this lever there' are Isecnred'a'cord and4 f hook, which are fastened to a staple in the shaft G.

' ByA turning the crank, the4 head-pieces can be raised to any desired angle, or the side portions canbe ele` vated, so as to shift the body from one side to the other.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Constructinglthe bottom of a bed in two portions, which can be used to elevate the head, or shift the body from one side to the other, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. The slotted lever L,'and tilting-lever' M, shaft G, head and side-pieces B and C, and wheels H and I, when all are combined to form a bed-bottom,substantially as set forth and described.

In testimony that I claim vthe foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 12th day of April, 1869. Witnesses: ABEL MATSON.

L. U. FRANK, R. MA'rsoN. 

